Disclaimer: I don't own The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This script, however, is (c) Cececat/ML.
A/N: This is a movie script adaption of my fanfic It's All Over. I'm posting it partially because I want it to be easy for the 'actors' and such to view. Giving them a link is simpler than handing out papers. I'm planning to recruit various people from the local casts and a few people from my school's Sci-Fi club. Brad and Janet will probably be played by non-fans, if I can manage.
Characters (those with names in bold have their own story arcs):
Brad Majors (lead) – a respectable, organized stockbroker. He doesn't like breaking rules. He's panicked by the fact he misses work on Monday and Tuesday. Though soon his affections for Columbia overshadow this. Eventually he decides he loves Columbia and gives her the engagement ring.
Janet Weiss (lead) – was a good-girl who followed rules without question. Now she's questioning the rules… and her sexuality, after seeing Columbia getting dressed. She basically hooks up with Magenta (meaning ends up in a relationship of some kind with Magenta) and gives Brad the ring back.
Columbia (lead) – a rebel who soon switches places with Janet temperament-wise. She retires from her life as a groupie and decides to become Brad's sweet, 'innocent' wife. Somehow she's the ingénue.
Rocky (lead) – starts out a very strong idiot, becomes clever with the help of books. He decides to kill his Master and convinces the others to help. Sort of a minor villain.
Frank (minor) – he's the main antagonist who is only onscreen in the prologue and epilogue. Though he's implied to be watching all the time and is often spoken of. In some ways he controls things and is like a small-scale "Big Brother is Watching" sort of thing.
Magenta (minor) – a quiet, brooding young woman whose brother was killed by a laser gun exploding the castle/ship's FTL technology. She's sickened by this and has trouble moving on. Eventually Janet and Magenta become very close friends, thanks to the former helping the latter.
Dr. Scott (minor) – Operation Paperclip recruit. Provides some comic relief by wearing plaid trousers against his will. Also helps with any/all science stuff and is called 'Scotty' by some people who don't like him.
Prologue:
[Brad, Janet, Rocky, Frank, Columbia, and Scotty are dancing Wild & Untamed. Then there is a dreadful scream somewhere and the music/everything stops. Brief, dreadful pause]
Frank: Columbia! Go see what that noise was!
[Columbia leaves the room shakily]
Brad: It's November. It's not the 5th, is it?
Janet: Hmm?
Brad: Somebody tried to blow up Britain's parliament on the 5th. Remember, remember the fifth of November…
[Frank rolls his eyes, Dr. Scott is not paying attention, and Rocky is confused]
Janet: Oh. Guy called fox day, or something… right?
Brad: Yes, that's it. That bang came from somewhere below us. That guy named Guy Fawkes tried to blow up parliament by filling the basement with corn flour… I think. Corn powder, treason and plot... or so I thought. Bubbling toads and witches.
[Dr. Scott snaps out of his daze and then wheels himself over to Frank, who is pissed off]
Scotty: Vhat should ve now?
Frank: I've not the slightest idea. Perhaps kill whoever interrupted my show? It was dreadfully rude of them.
[Suddenly, very frightened Columbia returns to the room. Everyone's attention is on this shaky, scared young woman]
Scotty: Vhat vas it?
Columbia: Well… I'm not an expert on your technology… Magenta was much too upset to really explain… but I think a laser gun backfired and blew up part of the boiler room. And this giant engine thing appears to be broken somehow… and he's dead. Riff Raff is dead.
Frank: Really? Are you sure?
Columbia: Nobody can survive… that. It's so horrible.
Frank: What?
Columbia: Go see for yourself.
[He almost leaves… but doesn't.]
Frank: Columbia! Show our guests to their rooms. It's time they sleep, though not with someone. They're all so tired – poor babies!
[Fade to Black. Opening Credits sequence plays]
Scene 1 (Magenta's Bedroom):
[The next morning. Janet has woken up in what seems to be Magenta's room. For some reason nobody else is there. She sits up, looks around. Then she hears crying. She gets up and wanders around for a while. Eventually she finds Magenta curled up]
[After noticing Janet, Magenta sits up and tries to stop crying. Then she gets up and brushes of her clothes. Smiling a forced smile she]
Magenta: What is it?
Janet: I… what's wrong?
Magenta: Nothing.
Janet [narrating]: Something was very wrong with Magenta. I couldn't really remember the events of the previous night so I wasn't sure what. Though, embarrassingly, I didn't really care about Magenta. That was wrong of me. My Mother always said to be accepting when it came to this sort of thing. Strangers were treated with contempt by others and kindly by Mother. Always being kind and caring and goodly to everyone would reflect well on one's family. That's what I was supposed to be - a good member of the family. But what family? The traumatizing past day or so had made me see these strange people as a sort of new family. Extremely stressful situations do that, I've heard. I'd suffered along with five other people at the hand of that crazy doctor and, by surviving with them, felt like one of them. How odd it all was! Yet it also seemed so right. For some reason I liked Magenta in a funny sort of way. Even Frankie seemed to matter to me. Perhaps being Brad's cute little fiancée wasn't what I wanted. I secretly wanted to be one of them.
Scene 1, part 2 (Spare Bedroom)
[Brad wakes up in an odd room. Columbia is curled up on the bed next to him, which seems to panic him. Columbia stands up and awkwardly turns on a lamp, making things much brighter. Brad wakes up.]
Columbia: Shh! Don't scream or anything. He can probably hear us. If he wakes up, he'll get upset. It looks like we were getting all close, I'm sorry. You know he hates people cheating on him, even though that's what he does to them all the time. Surely you noticed that last night when he freaked out about that creature and Miss Weiss. Please don't shout at me out! I won't hurt you, Mister Majors, or anything like he might….
[Brad puts on his glasses and calms down a bit]
Brad: Oh, it's you. Why are you here?
Columbia: Well, my room was getting a bit overcrowded. Janet stole my bed by accident. Don't worry about all that, though…
Brad: Er, Miss – what's your name, again?
Columbia: It's Columbia. Ya know, like the picture company. Though that's not my actual name.
Brad: Oh. Right. Where's Janet? I can't believe I've lost track of her again.
Columbia: She's in my room still and she's okay. Magenta's looking after her, I think… why does it matter?
Brad: I'm supposed to be looking after her. It's my job. I'm the man and therefore 'dominant' half of our relationship. My role is to tell her it's 'alright' when she's scared. Once we're married – she's my fiancée, as you might've seen – I'll spend even more time.
[He puts his arm around Columbia and holds onto her without really noticing. Then, he does notice]
Brad: I'm sorry. With Janet not here, I-
Columbia: It's fine, kiddo.
[Now they're just sitting there on the bed. Brad is holding onto her the way a child holds on to a teddy bear. He needs to guard her, as if she's Janet]
Columbia [narrating]: Though I loved Frankie, I knew he wasn't very nice to most people. Last night I'd properly realized how terrible he was. He'd killed Eddie! That kid was so harmless – sweet, even! I didn't really understand why he was so into this 'protecting the girl' thing. Him holding me like that was awfully romantic. Though I also didn't attempt to move away and happened to be quiet grateful. This near-stranger named Brad was very kind. Much kinder than most men I'd gotten that near to – and there were many. Not that I'm a slut or something. Anyway, even Eddie had been rough in a way. But Brad was like a teddy bear or pillow or something. How adorable. That's what Eddie had sort of been. Except Eddie was messier and prone to getting intoxicated. Brad didn't seem like that kinda boy. By then I wanted to go 'home' – wherever that was. I wanted to leave the behind castle and go live with people like Mr. Majors and be happier.
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